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The article discusses the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals interpretation of the voluntary undertaking doctrine has changed return-to-play policies in sports. Topics covered include its decisions in Mayall v. USA Water Polo and Dent v. National Football League, how the application of the voluntary undertaking doctrine has shifted following the decisions, and the new interpretation of negligence liability for over-seeing athletic organizations shared by the two cases.

The NCAA is at a crossroads with student-athlete compensation. Over the past few decades, the NCAA and its partners have faced lawsuits from several different angles with essentially one consistent argument: Studentathletes deserve to be compensated for what they provide to colleges and universities. In two such lawsuits--Dawson v. NCAA and Livers v. NCAA--the plaintiffs have attempted a new strategy: arguing that revenue sport studentathletes are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). These cases have gained some traction, and the distinctive protections granted to employees under the FLSA present unique challenges worth exploring. This Article analyzes the potential results of a plaintiff victory in a FLSA case on the landscape of collegiate sports. To that end, this Article explores the unique benefits and challenges the FLSA presents, and how intercollegiate sports would be shifted by a plaintiff victory on this front. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on cases that considers the liability of a stadium owner for injuries sustained from a mascot's activity . Topics discussed include the baseball's limited duty rule and the risk doctrine, mascot antics at baseball games and the Missouri Supreme Court's decision in case Coomer v. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., in which the plaintiff John Coomer filed suit against the Royals for his eye injury when the Royals' mascot, Sluggerrr hit Coomer with hot dog toss.